Sally Struthers
Known for: Acting
Cute as a button and with a petite, porcelain prettiness and vulnerability that endeared her to the American public, Sally Struthers nabbed a series role in the early 1970s and became a solid part of TV history as a member of a dysfunctional family quartet in the milestone sitcom, "All in the Family" (1971). She was born Sally Ann Struthers on July 28, 1948, in Portland, Oregon and raised there, pursuing an acting career following high school. Relocating to Los Angeles, she trained at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts and earned a scholarship as its "most promising student". She performed briefly in regional stock plays until finding her break as both a commercial actress and dancer on TV. She appeared as a regular on such variety shows as "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967) and "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" (1970) and showed starlet promise in films, as well as offering ditsy support in the Jack Nicholson starrer, Five Easy Pieces (1970), and the chase film, The Getaway (1972), top-lining Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. And, then came "All in the Family" (1971). Also starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner, Struthers went on to win two supporting Emmy Awards as Kewpie-doll "Gloria Bunker Stivic". She and Rob Reiner left the show after seven seasons, both eager to grow. While Rob Reiner became a noted director, Sally made her Broadway debut in "Wally's Cafe" in 1981, and returned, four years later, with a gender-bending version of "The Odd Couple" as neat-freak "Florence" opposite Rita Moreno's slovenly "Olive". In addition, she found work in topical mini-series drama with Aloha Means Goodbye (1974) (TV), Hey, I'm Alive (1975) (TV), My Husband Is Missing (1978) (TV), ...And Your Name Is Jonah (1979) (TV), A Gun in the House (1981) (TV), to name a few. But without a hit show as collateral, offers started drying up. Sally returned to the TV series fold in the early 1980s spinning off her "Gloria" character with the self-titled sitcom, "Gloria" (1982), but the ensemble formula that worked so well for her before was missing here and the show died in its freshman year. To compensate, however, Sally's baby-doll voice worked extremely well for her in cartoons. She remained active off-camera, providing little girl voices for Saturday morning entertainment, notably her teenage "Pebbles Flintstone" character. Other voice-over work included "TaleSpin" (1990), as "Rebecca 'Becky' Cunningham", and puppeteer Jim Henson's creative prehistoric sitcom, "Dinosaurs" (1991), playing dino-daughter "Charlene Sinclair". IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
American Dad!
Clara (voice)
2005
Series
Gilmore Girls
Babette Dell
2000
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Nancy La Rue
1984
Series
Ironside
Sandy Fonda
1967
Series
Love, American Style
Barbara
1969
Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Aunt Lorraine
1996
Series
Summer Camp Island
Additional Voices (voice)
2018
Series
Summer Camp Island
Rose (voice)
2018
Series
Dinosaurs
Charlene Sinclair (voice)
1991
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Series
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Jerry's Mother (voice)
1990
Series
The Division
Eve Warner
2001
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Cow and Chicken
Girl Enzyme #1 (voice)
1997
Series
The Wild Thornberrys
Penguin / Iguanas (voice)
1998
Series
TaleSpin
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
1990
Series
Duckman
1994
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Series
Charles in Charge
Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman
1984
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
All in the Family
Gloria Stivic
1971
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
Tiny Toon Adventures
Rhoda's Mom (voice)
1990
Series
Tiny Toon Adventures
Sandy Witch (voice)
1990
Series
Still Standing
Louise Miller
2002
Series
As Told by Ginger
Mrs. Higsby (voice)
2000
Series
Best Week Ever
2004
Series
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Katie O'Hara
1969
Series
A Man on the Inside
Virginia Foldau
2024
Series
Maron
Shirley
2013
Series
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Babette Dell
2016
Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Series
9 to 5
Marsha McMurray Shrimpton
1982
Series
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily
1985
Series
Fish Police
Shelly (voice)
1992
Film
The Getaway
Fran Clinton
1972
Series
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
Pebbles Flinstone
1971
This Is Your Life
Self
1983
Series
Gloria
Gloria Stivic
1982
Film
Five Easy Pieces
Betty
1970
Film
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
Baadasssss!
Roz
2004
Film
In the Best Interest of the Children
Patty Pepper
1992
Film
All Is Merry & Bright
Viola 'Gram' Philips
2025
Film
A Month of Sundays
Onida Roy
2001
Film
What I Did for Love
Aunt Trudy
2006
Film
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
1990
Film
Street Smart
Bunny
Film
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
Film
The Relationtrip
Liam's Mom (voice)
2017
Film
The Phynx
World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
1970
Film
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Sperm Bank Receptionist
2014
Film
A Different Approach
1978
Film
Intimate Strangers
Janis Halston
1977
Film
Christmas Harmony
Shirley
2018
Film
The Great Houdinis
Bess Houdini
1976
Film
Out of the Black
Betty
2001
Film
Hey, I'm Alive
Helen Klaben
1975
Film
A Gun in the House
Emily Cates
1981
Film
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self
2009
Film
My Husband Is Missing
Katherine Eaton
1978
Film
Reeseville
Katie Oakman
2003
Film
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self
2023
Film
Aloha Means Goodbye
Sara Moore
1974
Film
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Lucy
2018
Film
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Jenny Corelli
1979
Film
The Fairest of Them All
Self
1983
Film
A Deadly Silence
Aunt Marilyn
1989
Film
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Self
2009
Film
Very Frightening Tales
Lady Talia
2023
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
Edie
2019
Searching for Stars Hollow
Self
Film
You & Me
Tilly
2018
Film
The Secret World of the Very Young
1984
Film
I Brake for Caterpillars
Sister John Bosco
2024
Film
The Charmkins
Poison Ivy (voice)
1983
Film
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Blanche (voice)
1985
Film
The Others
Mrs. Zelov
1997
Film
eVil Sublet
Reena
2023
Film
The Tin Soldier
1992